Catch up on the news in Vietnam today:

Politics

-- Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Volodin Vyacheslav Victorovich has postponed his official visit to Vietnam set for Sunday and Monday due to unexpected situations in his country, the Vietnamese National Assembly’s Committee for External Relations announced on Saturday.

-- South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Saturday visited a Samsung Electronics research and development center in Hanoi in a demonstration of his commitment to nurturing talents in science and technology before wrapping up his state visit to Vietnam from Thursday to Saturday, Yonhap reported.

Society

-- A container truck crashed into a car running in the same direction on a Nha Trang-Cam Lam Expressway section in Cam Ranh City, Khanh Hoa Province, south-central Vietnam on Friday night, killing two people and injuring three others.

-- The Vietnamese National Assembly on Saturday passed a resolution with new special policies for Ho Chi Minh City to boost its development. The resolution will take effect on August 1 this year.

-- The Ho Chi Minh City Management Authority for Urban Railways has introduced an integrated circuit card for the use of the first metro line in the city. The front of the card features typical symbols of the city and the back includes instructions to use it.

Business

-- The National Assembly on Saturday approve the government’s proposal to extend a reduction in value-added tax on goods and services to eight percent from 10 percent until the end of this year.

Lifestyle

-- The first Vietnam welcome gate in Thailand was inaugurated on an overseas Vietnamese road in Nong Khai Province on Saturday.

-- The Vietnam Records Organization on Saturday recognized a 63-meter steel flagpole at the Long An International Port in the namesake southern province as the highest flagpole in Vietnam. The height of the falgpole—63 meters—symbolizes the 63 cities and provinces in Vietnam and the area of the flag—54 square meters—represents the 54 ethnic groups in the country.

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